[opendtv] Re: Zenith/LG NOT announcing new STB's based upon 5'th gen chip
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:54:43 -0500
At 12:12 PM -0500 1/13/05, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>IPTV is still a walled garden. The basic plan
>is to allow use of relatively narrow last mile
>local loops, typically IP over ADSL, to
>distribute a very limited number of TV streams
>from a server to each individual home. Home
>users join an IP multicast group to receive
>the program, but the "head end" is where the
>multicast tree is rooted. This isn't the WWW.
Yes, there will be walled garden IPTV deployments, but this is NOT
what I was talking about. I am talking about people who will put
content on web servers and sell it directly to consumers. I am NOT
talking about a multichannel TV distibution system. I 'm talking
about cutting these middlemen out of the picture.
I am talking about the day when you will be able to get a big pipe
for the same price or less than your DSL or cable modem today. Then
you have another $40-60 per month to spend on the content YOU want to
buy.
>
>So how many simultaneous TV streams do you
>think an ADSL loop can carry? Or HDTV?
For the walled garden deployments, the answer is: enough. The system
will be designed for the demands expected on each segment.
I agree that another multi-channel subscription service, even if
based on an IPTV infrastructure, will not upset the current business
model. This big change comes when the middlemen are no longer in the
loop.
By way of example, there are many independent producers making a good
living producing content and distributing it via DVD today. They may
not use the internet for distribution today, but the storefronts are
already there where you can buy the DVDs directly from the content
creators.
Regards
Craig
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